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The HSJC is located in Jefferson, Wisconsin and is a small, privately run non-profit shelter that has been in operation since 1922. We recently celebrated our 90th year of caring for dogs, cats, birds and other small animals in need. Each year, close to 1,000 pets find sanctuary at our shelter. We put forth great effort to reunite owners with lost pets and to find good new homes for those who need a second chance. We do not impose a time limit on how long a healthy, adoptable animal may stay with us as they wait to be adopted.

FOUNDED IN 2009 WE ARE AN ALL VOLUNTEER NON-PROFIT ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATION SPECIALIZING IN THE RESCUE AND REHOMING OF GOLDEN RETRIEVERS AND GOLDEN-HEARTED MIXES IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA. ALL DOGS ARE FOSTERED IN PRIVATE HOMES BY VOLUNTEERS.

We are Paws and Tails Adoptions. Our Director, Shirley Cook has been doing animal rescue for over 15 years. She is well respected in the community. Her passion is evident in the care and love she shows to a the rescues animals as well as to her volunteers

The Ponca City Humane Society (PCHuS) began its humble roots in 1958 as a one woman Humane Society. Anne Deton, animal advocate, took over in 1968 and by 1975 PCHuS was incorporated as a non-profit. Our shelter was built in 1992. We continue to be dedicated to improve the lives of companion animals in our community and finding permanent and loving adoptive homes for the cats and dogs in our care. We provide a safe haven for animals in transition, serve as advocates for animals and their people, work to end animal overpopulation and educate the public about compassion and responsibility towards all animals. Our shelter is a No-Kill facility where all incoming animals are evaluated, medically treated and rehabilitated when needed and then placed up for adoption. I became the Executive Director in March of 2012. I bring with me 4 degrees including a Masters. I have worked at multiple day veterinary practices, worked at the Kansas Humane Society, and still currently employed PRN at the Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Hospital in Wichita, KS. I accepted this position as a way to help a larger amount of animals in need. Since March 2012 I have increased adoptions from 189 annually to 374 in 2012. This year we are projected to save 400 animals. I logged 25,000 miles on my vehicle with transports (moving animals to other rescues in other states). I have collaborations with rescues in MN, KS, CO, and IL. I network other animals in need as well. I do outreach programs to church groups, schools and clubs and I am a foster parent. Why I do what I do is wonderful question to ask. I do this because it is what I was put here to do. It is my calling, it is what I am passionate about. I can not imagine doing anything else. I have a story I always like to tell when I explain what I do what I do. Seven years ago, 2007, I was working at a day practice where a litter of kittens were dropped off. All were adopted except one lone black kitten. I decided that instead of this kitten spending the weekend alone, I would take it home with me for the weekend. I can not express the life changing experience that happened that Saturday. I fell in love with this kitten. Don't get me wrong, I have cared for animals since I was a child but something happened that evening that changed the course of what will ultimately be my life's mission. This kitten, named Tecate, became my first foster failure. I discovered that following morning that he was born only 3 blocks from where I lived. He was surrendered to a practice that was outside of the city I lived in. I call this fate. Destiny brought me this cat, destiny told me to take this kitten home, and destiny showed me in this kitten what I was to do with the life, rescue. Since that faithful weekend, I have rescued almost 500 animals on my own. I do not own a home, I do not have many earthly possessions, I just bought a new car last year for transporting purposes but I had a vehicle that I called "Old Faithful". That beauty had over 200,000 miles but it was paid for and still ran decent. I have spend thousands of dollars on animals that were never going to be mine but I would spend every cent again if that meant that animals found that forever home. This year alone, I adopted a dying Rottweiler that I rescued off the highway. What I mean by adopted is that he was in our program but sadly had become infected with Canine Influenza while fighting for his life in a rural OK highway for weeks. We are a small organization with limited funding but when he was dying at the local vet, I adopted him and took him to Wichita to the Veterinary Specialty Hospital to try to save him. Sadly after a week of endoscopies to clear out his lungs, spending the entire time in an oxygen chamber, he deteriorated. That Friday when I went to KS to see how he was doing, he looked me in the eyes and told me to let him go. I did. I gave him that peace that he needed. Even though he did not survive, I feel he felt the love and compassion I gave him. He didn't die alone on the streets, he went peacefully with someone who cared for him. The money I spent, the whole $2000, was worth it. I gave him that chance and I showed him that there are good people out there. My family, my friends, my colleagues know that I wouldn't be me if I didn't have a kitten at home that I was fostering, or networking 'til 2am to save a dog. So back to the question: Why you do it? Because it is what I was put on this Earth to do.

Our rescue is NikaPower, Inc. We used to hold our adoption events at pet stores, through private showings and public events. However, this proved to be extremely stressful for our dogs (all but the private showings). We started searching for a physical store front and found the perfect spot by our home. This was the birth of The Rescued Pup Boutique. We had to increase our adoption fees to cover our expenses, but so far it has been working out great. We have placed over 60 dogs since February of this year. we chose to name our adoption center something different than the name of our rescue, to help with marketing and to make it clearer what we were doing. At our location we also have boutique items for sale and all of the proceeds go to help our rescue efforts. We are all volunteers that work for free at the shop. We feel it is a great opportunity to get the public involved in volunteering to help animals, we also work to educate about the importance of shots and fixing pets in addition to microchip. Our location is in a more rural part of San Diego, but we are attracting visitors from all over. Our dogs come to the shop everyday and go home at night with their fosters. None of our dogs are kept in shelter type of accommodations. When visitors come to our shop they are welcome to play with, walk, cuddle, brush or just hang out with the dogs. We have a couch that the dogs are allowed on so the humans can visit. We have a solid following of frequent flyers that come solely to play with the dogs. We encourage this because it helps our dogs to be socialized and the dogs are offering their services back to the community. Nothing like stopping by after a long day of work to de-stress with a dog!

We are a foster-based, No-Kill, non-profit rescue (We have no physical shelter). Our fosters are located all over the state! Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home unwanted dogs and cats; to prevent overpopulation through spay/neuter; to restore dignity, trust and quality of life for neglected, abused and homeless dogs and cats; to find the best home for each dog and cat in our care; to educate adopters and our community on pet care, spaying/neutering, training and suitable animal selection for their lifestyle; to provide a network of resources, volunteers and fosters for animals, animal shelters/pounds and the community.

Hope Animal Rescue was founded in February of 2013, as a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the unnecessary killing of North Carolina's adoptable dogs and cats. We are a foster based rescue founded by a mother-daughter duo who wanted to make a difference in the lives of shelter pets. As of August 30, 2013, Hope Animal Rescue is recognized by the IRS as a 501c3 tax exempt rescue organization. We hope to end the killing of homeless pets in North Carolina and stop the use of gas chamber euthanasia, while rescuing those at immediate risk of euthanasia. We seek alternative methods to the killing of adoptable animals in our shelters, with the ultimate goal of having every shelter in North Carolina become No-Kill. This can be done, but it takes a community to make change happen!

Pampa Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is a network of volunteers in Pampa, Texas. We are very active in the rescue, fostering and adoption of homeless animals, in providing spaying and neutering programs and helping out at our local animal shelter, all with the goal of improving the lives of the animals in our area. We are a rescue formed to offer an alternative for animals that would otherwise face an uncertain future. We are a group of volunteers that have a passion for animals and the rescue mission of finding loving homes for the animals under our care.

Human society working at a county animal shelter to help promote animal adoption

Rescue Rovers Dog Adoptions is a non-profit animal rescue organization located in SLC, UT. We pull dogs from high kill shelters and place them in foster homes until we can find loving homes for the next chapter of their lives.

The Hawaii Island Humane Society is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization founded in 1963 in Hilo. We serve the entire Big Island while continuing to promote compassionate and humane treatment of animals in our community. Programs and services include: Shelter for homeless, stray, injured, lost and abandoned animals; Enforcement of animal control laws & animal cruelty investigations; Animal adoptions; Administration of County dog licensing program; Low-cost microchipping clinics; 24-hour on call emergency service to all districts of the Island; Administration and promotion of the Spay/Neuter Community Assistance Program; Legislative support for animal welfare laws; Humane education program for children; Shelter animal health care and vaccination program; Reunification of lost pets with their owners; Volunteer program including partnerships with community groups such as Mental Help Hawaii, First to Work, and local high schools.

Arizona Small Dog Rescue is a non profit registered 501(c)3 no kill rescue shelter. We are a group of volunteers who have dedicated our lives to rescuing and saving homeless, unwanted, abandoned, neglected, and abused small dogs and cats too. We save most of our animals from kill shelters around the valley, but also accept owner surrenders and stray surrenders. Owner surrender fee’s vary depending on space and availability. We spay/neuter, vaccinate, medically examine, microchip, and evaluate and/or socialize all dogs and cats that come into our rescue before placing up for adoption to prescreened homes. We rescue many dogs and cats every week and always have a wide variety of personalities and breeds available who would be a perfect fit for any family and any home.

We are a no-kill, non profit that rescues dogs and cats. We sell low cost spay/neut certificates. We aren't desperate to adopt animals out (although we love to), we don't want to have to rescue them again.

Our Mission All Breed Rescue is a compassionate, non-profit rescue dedicated to saving dogs regardless of age, breed, health or behavioral condition from high-kill shelters in the South and placing them in loving homes in Vermont. What sets All Breed Rescue apart: Well-established, founded in 1996 501c3 Non-profit organization Licensed with the State of Vermont Over 4000 dogs rescued. Will rescue dogs of any age, breed, location, health, most behavioral issues Fully vetted dogs with health certificates; fed only the highest quality food 100% Volunteer staff

Goverment runned facility controling the population of Greene Co. with a humane capture, impound, and disposal of animals as needed to ensure public safety, health and welfare.

This organization is a rescue for Doberman Pinschers only. We then vet the animal and adopt them out.